What is recorded here

Crookston Castle stands as Glasgow's only surviving medieval castle, rebuilt around 1400 by the Stewarts of Darnley atop older earthworks. It endured cannon fire from Mons Meg in 1489 and a siege in 1544 before becoming the first property acquired by the National Trust for Scotland in 1931. Legend claims Mary, Queen of Scots and Henry Stuart were betrothed beneath its yew tree, a tree later felled in 1816 to carve a model now kept in Pollok House.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crookston Castle as Coal Mining Site (medieval) - (post Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Crookston Castle was built by the Maxwell family in the late 15th century and is remembered as the birthplace of William Drummond, the 1st Viscount of Melfort, a notable figure in Scottish and British history. It is also historically significant for its association with the coal mining industry in the region during the medieval and post-medieval periods.

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